High and dry : meeting the challenges of the world's growing dependence on groundwater / / William M. Alley, Rosemarie Alley |
Autore | Alley William M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 628.1/14 |
Soggetto topico |
Groundwater
Water-supply |
ISBN | 0-300-22755-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Beyond Rain -- 2. India's Silent Revolution -- 3. Arizona -- 4. The World's Poorest People -- 5. Not All Aquifers Are Created Equal -- 6. Who Owns Groundwater? -- 7. Streamflow Depletion -- 8. Water for Nature -- 9. That Sinking Feeling -- 10. Recharge and Recycling -- 11. Poisoning the Well -- 12. Pathogens -- 13. Arsenic -- 14. Fracking -- 15. Nitrate and Aquifer Protection -- 16. Transboundary Aquifers -- 17. Sharing the Common Pool -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162712003321 |
Alley William M. | ||
New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Too hot to touch : the problem of high-level nuclear waste / / William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Alley William M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 363.72/890973 |
Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste disposal - United States
Radioactive wastes - United States |
ISBN |
1-107-23743-2
1-139-85436-4 1-139-84613-2 1-139-84528-4 1-139-84055-X 1-139-84292-7 1-139-34317-3 1-283-74669-7 1-139-84173-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Preface; Acknowledgements; List of units; List of abbreviations; Part I. The Problem: 1. The awakening; 2. Brainstorming; 3. The ocean as a dumping ground; 4. Radioactivity and atomic energy; 5. The Cold War legacy; 6. The peaceful atom and its wastes; 7. Recycling; 8. Dry cask storage; 9. Interim storage; 10. A can of worms; 11. WIPP; Part II. The Mountain: 12. The search for a geologic repository; 13. Nevada wins the lottery; 14. The Nevada test site; 15. Yucca mountain; 16. How long is long?; 17. Leaving almost no stone unturned; 18. Surprise; 19. Shake and bake; 20. The project gets into hot water; Part III. No Solution in Sight: 21. A new president, new policies; 22. Nuclear waste and our energy future; Appendix: discussion questions; References; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453038803321 |
Alley William M. | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Too hot to touch : the problem of high-level nuclear waste / / William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Alley William M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 363.72/890973 |
Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste disposal - United States
Radioactive wastes - United States |
ISBN |
1-107-23743-2
1-139-85436-4 1-139-84613-2 1-139-84528-4 1-139-84055-X 1-139-84292-7 1-139-34317-3 1-283-74669-7 1-139-84173-4 |
Classificazione | SCI026000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Preface; Acknowledgements; List of units; List of abbreviations; Part I. The Problem: 1. The awakening; 2. Brainstorming; 3. The ocean as a dumping ground; 4. Radioactivity and atomic energy; 5. The Cold War legacy; 6. The peaceful atom and its wastes; 7. Recycling; 8. Dry cask storage; 9. Interim storage; 10. A can of worms; 11. WIPP; Part II. The Mountain: 12. The search for a geologic repository; 13. Nevada wins the lottery; 14. The Nevada test site; 15. Yucca mountain; 16. How long is long?; 17. Leaving almost no stone unturned; 18. Surprise; 19. Shake and bake; 20. The project gets into hot water; Part III. No Solution in Sight: 21. A new president, new policies; 22. Nuclear waste and our energy future; Appendix: discussion questions; References; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779345803321 |
Alley William M. | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Too hot to touch : the problem of high-level nuclear waste / / William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Alley William M. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 370 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 363.72/890973 |
Soggetto topico |
Radioactive waste disposal - United States
Radioactive wastes - United States |
ISBN |
1-107-23743-2
1-139-85436-4 1-139-84613-2 1-139-84528-4 1-139-84055-X 1-139-84292-7 1-139-34317-3 1-283-74669-7 1-139-84173-4 |
Classificazione | SCI026000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Preface; Acknowledgements; List of units; List of abbreviations; Part I. The Problem: 1. The awakening; 2. Brainstorming; 3. The ocean as a dumping ground; 4. Radioactivity and atomic energy; 5. The Cold War legacy; 6. The peaceful atom and its wastes; 7. Recycling; 8. Dry cask storage; 9. Interim storage; 10. A can of worms; 11. WIPP; Part II. The Mountain: 12. The search for a geologic repository; 13. Nevada wins the lottery; 14. The Nevada test site; 15. Yucca mountain; 16. How long is long?; 17. Leaving almost no stone unturned; 18. Surprise; 19. Shake and bake; 20. The project gets into hot water; Part III. No Solution in Sight: 21. A new president, new policies; 22. Nuclear waste and our energy future; Appendix: discussion questions; References; Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817248203321 |
Alley William M. | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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